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Winner of the North American Society of Social Philosophy Book Prize
Multicultural Odysseys
Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity
Will Kymlicka
384 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-928040-7
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Hardback
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02 August 2007
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- Written by the world's leading liberal multiculturalist whose work has defined debates in the area
- Offers a lucid and thought-provoking account of the likely future of the international politics of diversity
- An inter-disciplinary account, drawing on the fields of normative political theory, social studies, law, and philosophy, accessible to academics and practitioners alike
We are currently witnessing the global diffusion of multiculturalism, both as a political discourse and as a set of international legal norms. States today are under increasing international scrutiny regarding their treatment of ethnocultural groups, and are expected to meet evolving international standards regarding the rights of indigenous peoples, national minorities, and immigrants. This phenomenon represents a veritable revolution in international relations, yet has received little public or scholarly attention.
In this book,
Kymlicka examines the factors underlying this change, and the challenges it raises. Against those critics who argue that multiculturalism is a threat to universal human rights, Kymlicka shows that the sort of multiculturalism that is being globalized is inspired and constrained by the human rights revolution, and embedded in a framework of liberal-democratic values.
However, the formulation and implementation of these international norms has generated a number of dilemmas. The policies adopted by international organizations to deal with ethnic diversity are driven by conflicting impulses. Pessimism about the destabilizing consequences of ethnic politics alternates with optimism about the prospects for a peaceful and democratic form of multicultural politics. The result is
often an unstable mix of paralyzing fear and naïve hope, rooted in conflicting imperatives of security and justice. Moreover, given the enormous differences in the characteristics of minorities (eg., their size, territorial concentration, cultural markers, historic relationship to the state), it is difficult to formulate standards that apply to all groups. Yet attempts to formulate more targeted norms that apply only to specific categories of minorities (eg., "indigenous peoples" or "national minorities") have proven controversial and unstable.
Kymlicka examines these dilemmas as they have played out in both the theory and practice of international minority rights protection, including recent developments regarding the rights of national minorities in Europe, the rights of
indigenous peoples in the Americas, as well as emerging debates on multiculturalism in Asia and Africa.Readership: Scholars and students of political theory, international relations, political philosophy, international law, public policy, human rights, ethnic studies, and sociology.
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Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy, Queen's University, Canada
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"...it is the first of its kind in breadth and depth of research...A theoretician, Kymlicka is at home writing conceptually, but his writing is wonderfully clear...he has offered a hugely important volume, and a readable one at that." - Jenifer Curtis, in Globe and Mail
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Part I: The (Re)-Internationalization of State-Minority Relations
1: Introduction
2: From Post-War Universal Human Rights to Post-Cold War Minority Rights
Part II: Making Sense of Liberal Multiculturalism
3: The Forms of Liberal Multiculturalism
4: The Origins of Liberal Multiculturalism: Sources and Preconditions
5: Evaluating Liberal Multiculturalism in Practice
Part III: Paradoxes in the Global Diffusion of Liberal Multiculturalism
6: The European Experiment
7: The Global Challenge
8: Conclusion: The Way Forward?
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